Annoyance rises with loudness, sharpness, roughness, and impulsive temporal components.

Evidence

In contrast, the identification of the sound source can significantly influence annoyance rating. For example, the original sound of a coffee machine, brewing fresh coffee, was preferred in comparison to the processed version, despite same loudness-time function. Also the sound of clinking wineglasses produces much less annoyance for the original sound than for the processed sound. On the other hand, however, for many other sounds, not only the loudness rating but also the annoyance rating was only little influenced by the effect whether the sound source could be identified. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1866 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Loudness is the perceptual correlate of sound level. But it is also dependent on frequency, incident angle, the duration of the signal and its temporal envelope. It is one of many psychoacoustic relationships that defy simple descriptions. Yet, one must start somewhere, and so most investigators focused on pure tones in acoustically simple circumstances, like headphone or anechoic listening. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 903 (#expands, via linked claim)

It becomes clear that sensory pleasantness decreases with increa.<..;ing sharpness. Pure tones already show the largest sensory pleasantness, while the band-pass noise seems to be a sound with low sensory pleasantness. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1364 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Identifying a sound source can shift annoyance independent of loudness — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1866; Loudness depends on frequency, angle, duration, and envelope, not just level — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 903; Sensory pleasantness decreases as sound sharpness increases — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1364

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Broader Connections

• Identifying a sound source can shift annoyance independent of loudness #qualifies (0.78) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1866
• Loudness depends on frequency, angle, duration, and envelope, not just level #expands (0.75) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 903
• Sensory pleasantness decreases as sound sharpness increases #corroborates (0.72) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1364